Come up to Allan Brooks Nature Centre to find out how Aaron Lish, Caetani House Fresh AIR Artist in Residence from the US, combines all three in participatory art!

Wednesday, July 9th 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at Allan Brooks Nature Centre

Admission by donation.

What to bring: camping chairs (optional) and your sense of curiosity and adventure!

Volunteers, do you enjoy being in nature and acting? Well this is your chance volunteer and be a part of Aaron’s upcoming local art project!

Fresh! AiR

Think Like an Animal!

Environmental Artist seeking participants

Guest Speaker Artist Aaron Lish

Wednesday, July 9, 7 pm

Allan Brooks Nature Centre

Calling all nature lovers, artists, and performers!

Have you ever wondered how it would be to think like an animal? How do we capture a snapshot of nature in art? When nature based works have fallen out of vogue – how do we make them relevant again? Can nature produce it’s own self-portraits?

Join artist Aaron Lish on Wednesday, July 9 at 7 pm, for an illustrated presentation of his past work and discussion of his current participatory environmental art project, as part of the Allan Brooks Nature Centre and the Caetani Cultural Centre’s Fresh! AiR program partnership.

Lish’s work combines art and science in innovative ways that involve community participation, performance, the environment and art. As part of his explorations, Lish has sometimes even built simple machines that allow rivers, waves and wind to draw their own self-portraits, thus giving nature a “voice”. The talk will be held at the Allan Brooks Nature Centre.

Lish will also present a series of two workshops on Saturday, July 12 and Saturday, July 19. The workshops are intended to explore the natural environment and wildlife in the North Okanagan, investigating new ways of seeing our natural surroundings and its inhabitants, and the works produced will be incorporated into a final art work. Each workshop is designed for both artists and non-artists of any level, and no experience is necessary. Just bring your enthusiasm and have some fun!

Aaron Lish is currently Artist in Residence at the Caetani Centre, and will be working extensively with the Allan Brooks Nature Centre. He has a background in outdoor leadership and Sport Science from Northern University and also holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA. He has taught as an outdoor educator at a community college in Bend, Oregon, where he currently lives and works.

CONTACT INFO:

For more information about the artist, artwork and the 2014 Artist-in-Residence project please contact the artist Aaron Lish directly at [email protected] or call 1-541-728-7264.

For additional information about the Allan Brooks Nature Centre and the Caetani Cultural Centre partnership or programs please contact:

Come and explore the cosmos with the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) telescopes!

Look up on the hill and into the stars. Allan Brooks Nature Centre (ABNC) and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) will be holding an Astronomy night on Saturday, July 26th starting at 8 pm – 11:00 pm. View planets like Mars, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, deep-sky objects, or see the moon up close! Bring your own telescope/binoculars or use one available on site.

Admission is by donation. This is a very popular event and is held regularly weather permitting. Come early to get the best viewing spot, parking is available on site!

Allan Brooks Nature Centre is located South on Commonage Road just past the Army camp. For updates and further events like us on Facebook or call 250-260-4227.

Tickets are now on sale for the Allan Brooks Nature Centre 2nd Annual Flights of Fancy Gala Dinner & Auction…

Plans for are now under way for our major fundraiser & we hope to see all our ABNC supporters and friends of nature out & feathered in their very best!

Please join us at the 2nd Annual Flights of Fancy Gala Dinner & Auction at the Best Western Vernon Lodge on Friday, April 10, 2015. Tickets are on sale at Ticket Seller – $65.00 each or $500.00 for a table of eight.

Congratulations to the Super Early Birds for buying their tickets before March 15th! They will be entered into an exclusive draw!

Early birds still get their worm! Receive $5 auction bucks with each ticket purchased before Apr. 1st.

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